Li Shu-fan (1887 – 24 November 1966) was a leader of the medical profession in

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and a member of the

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Biography

He was a native of China but received his early education in the US. Li graduated from the Hong Kong College of Medicine in 1908. In 1910 he obtained the M.B., Ch.B at the

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. Li was the Minister of Public Health under Sun Yat-sen (a fellow alumnus of the Hong Kong College of Medicine). He was the head of the Canton Kung Yee University Medical School in

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(then called Canton) from 1923–1924; he treated

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at this time. In 1926, he was named to head the Yeung Wo Nursing Home, which under his leadership was reorganized and renamed to the

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. He retired from medical practice in 1958, but remained Chairman of the Board and Medical Superintendent until his death in 1966. His younger brother Li Shu Pui succeeded him as Superintendent. He was a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council from 1937-1941. In 1961 he donated land, estimated value 250,000 pounds, to the University of Hong Kong. A year later, he gave his life earnings (more than 80% of the shares of the Hong Kong Sanatorium) to establish the Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation for medical research and education was established in March 1962. In 1964, he published his autobiography, ''Hong Kong Surgeon''. Buildings at the

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and

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are named for him.

References

Additional sources

* University of Hong Kong, ''Growing With Hong Kong: The University and Its Graduates, the First 90 Years : A Convocation Project'', , pp. 50, 113
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* Li Shu Fan, ''Hong Kong Surgeon'', 1964. reviewed in ''Chest'' 45:4:448 * T. C. Cheng, "Chinese Unofficial Members of the Legislative and Executive Councils in Hong Kong up to 1941", ''Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' 9, 1969. (A lecture delivered to the Branch on 29 April 1968
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